Observations, Question and Ruminations

[capnq]

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there's one thing that I cannot make work : loading a save directly from the launcher...

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We discussed this in another thread somewhere. The Launcher doesn't know how to handle a game without a password. (BTW, Matryx, your suggestion to try entering a single space as the password didn't work, either.)

Also, when you enter your player number, you have to highlight and replace the space in the box.

Suggestion for the next Version: have the player number default to '1' instead of that space.

[Matryx]

Hmm, not sure what the problem with loading savegames is.
Is it for the gold Version or not?
if not, send me the savegame and details on the mod requirements/passwords etc and I'll test it myself.
If it is, er... well... send me a gold Version and the savegame and I can test it

Could you e-mail me the details in specific for the game and empires and I'll create a game with the same setup and try to get the launcher to work.

In a few days I'll post a new Version of the launcher with the ability to handle no-password empires and numerical-spinner box for the player number instead.

Greg@Matryx.org.uk for all e-mails please.

One thing to note. If you see the hourglass and no response it means either the player number was incorrect or the password for that player number was incorrect.

If you are playing singleplayer your playernumber should most likely be 1.
If you have no password, several people (including myself) have reported that using a single space character for the password works.

[Fyron]

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If you have no password, several people (including myself) have reported that using a single space character for the password works.

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And I can confirm that. It works for both Gold and non-Gold. Also, it doesn't matter whether you enter your player number as "01" or "1".

[capnq]

I'm fairly certain I installed the Launcher from the Gold CD Extras .zip . It says it's Version 2.01.

Could it matter that I'm only running Windows95?

I can test it some more, but I know one of the savegames I've tried the blank space password with is a v1.60 Quick Start playing the Terrans.

I actually prefer loading solo games manually anyway, since the Launcher bypasses the intro screen. I have the music tracks reprogrammed to play Strauss' "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" (theme from _2001_) on the intro screen.

[capnq]

Curiouser and curiouser...

I started three test games, all Quick Start playing the Amon'Krie, in SE IV v1.49, v1.60, and v1.69.

Launching with Mod Launcher v2.01, the single space password worked once with the v1.49 savegame, then failed on all subsequent attempts.

The space never worked with the v1.60 and v1.69 saves, even if I rebooted the computer before running the Launcher.

[Fyron]

Maybe it just doesn't like quickstart games?

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The launcher does not seems to work with ANY saves with Gold Version (the only I have) ... I've tried with "normal" solo games (not Quickstarted) and Pbem, never worked !